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Ethical Standards for Experimental Research with Dancers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2014

Thomas M. Welsh
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As experimental research becomes more common in the world of dance, the ethical issues involved in conducting such research increase in importance. While several fields have identified ethical standards to guide researchers in their fields, standards for research with dancers have yet to appear.

In the absence of standards tailored for research with dancers, researchers might adapt the standards of related fields or use a personal code that seems appropriate to their situation. However, researcher backgrounds differ and researchers have a particularly strong interest in seeing their projects succeed, so there is no guarantee that every researcher will employ sufficient standards. Specifying an appropriate set of guidelines for research with dancers could be helpful to dance researchers, organizations that sponsor research with dancers, and dancers who participate in research. The purpose of this article is to propose a set of ethical standards for experimental research with dancers.

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Dance Research Journal , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , Spring 1999 , pp. 86 - 99
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 1999

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